Metal type.



PATBNTED MAY 14, 1907.

J. S. DUNCAN.

METAL TYPE.

uruoumn FILED n30.12,1aoa.

C cf/zeaaear W4 MAM UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

METAL TYPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed December 13,1!)(35. Serial No. 291.442,

To all wltrm-t it DIAL/j cor/Joann:

Be it known that I, JosEPH S. DUNCAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented new anduseful Improvelnenls in Metal Type, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of this invention is to make a cast metal ty e light inweight and constructed to facilitate the setting up operation in thetype groove of a type holder.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating one embodiment of theinvention Fi ure 1 is a face view of my improved type. I 1g. 2 is asectional view showing the type in the type groove of a ty e holder.Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of t ie type. Fig. 4 is a face view of twotype in a type holder. Fig. 5 shows another way of making the type. Fig.6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings the te A has a skeleton body formed by the twoegs B, B, the web C and the top D. This web ma be located centrally ofthe body as shown in ig. 3 or at one side of the center as shown in Fig.5. The to') is preferably recessed at d, d between the egs B so that a sace E will be provided between each pair 0 t e when set up in the grooveF of a type ho or G and in the supply channei.

My improved type will greatly facilitate the operation of moving typefrom a type channel of a type supply into a type groove of a typeholder, for the instrument or device which is used to move the type canalways be inserted from beneath the t e into the hollow body or fromabove or eneath the type into the s ace E between each pair of type.This is a istinct advantage over forcing the moving instrument or devicebetween type i which fit snugly together and contact through out theiradjacent faces, for in such case the instrument or device may injure thetype and theioperation is at all times diflicult and slow. But where tye are provided, as herein shown and descri ed, with spaces for thereception of the moving instrument or de vice, the danger of injuringthe type is eliminated and the operation can be conducted with speed andaccuracy. Making the type with a hollow body, as herein shown andescribed, provides a comparatively light type and at the same time itpossesses all t. e strength required. 7

The body of the type ma r be provided with a nick H which serves t edouble purpose of the ordinary nick to indicate the direction of the tye and distinguish different fonts of the same ody and also to receivethe shoulder h on the type holder which holds the ty e in place.

ihe shoulder c where the web joins the top is preferably slanted asshown in Fi 6 or rounded so that if the instrument or employed to movethe type should engage the shoulder it will slide over and into thespace E between the type.

Having thus full described my invention, what I claim and dbsire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A type having its body formed of two legs, a connecting web and a top,the shoulders formed at the joint of said web with the top being slantedor rounded, and said top being recessed between'said legs to form anopening between each pair of t e.

' JOSEPH S. DUNCAN. Witnesses:

WM. 0. BELT,

M. A. Kmnm.

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